1906 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1906 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 11 November – Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade , with a libretto by Vilhelm Andersen, is given its first performance at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen. ^[1]
• 3 December – Hugo Alfvén's Symphony no. 3 in E major is performed for the first time in Gothenburg by the Gothenburg Orchestral Society, with the composer conducting. ^[2]
• 6 December – The Oscarsteatern, one of Stockholm's premier private theatres, opens with a Swedish-language production of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Frihetsbröderna (Les brigands). ^[3]
• 29 December – Jean Sibelius's symphonic tone poem Pohjola's Daughter is given its première in Saint Petersburg, with the composer conducting. ^[4]
• unknown date – Sara Wennerberg-Reuter begins a 40-year tenure as organist at Sofia Church in Stockholm. ^[5]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Fosterlandspsalm ^[6]
• Edvard Grieg – 4 Psalms, Op. 74 ^[7]
• Erkki Melartin – Surullinen Puutarha, Op.52
• Carl Nielsen
  • String Quartet No. 4 Op 44 ^[8]
  • Maskarade, CNW 2
  • Hr. Oluf han rider, CNW 7
  • Fædrelandssang, CNW 288 ^[9]
• Jean Sibelius
  • Pohjola's Daughter
  • Belshazzar's Feast
• Emil Sjögren – Böndir skulu kluckara fa ^[10]

Popular music

• "Krummavísa" (first published; passed down by folklorist Olafur Davidsson) ^[11]

Births

• 21 January – Gunnar Johansen, Danish pianist and composer (died 1991) ^[12]
• 2 May – Aulikki Rautawaara, Finnish operatic soprano (died 1990) ^[13]
• 19 July – Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer and music critic (died 1979) ^[14]
• 1 September – Aksel Schiøtz, Danish lieder singer (died 1975) ^[15]
• 10 October – Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz musician, singer and bandleader (died 1969) ^[16]

Deaths

• 22 March – Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer and musicologist (born 1846) ^[17]
• 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, Danish conductor, composer and music publisher (born 1840) ^[18]
• 16 November – Wilhelmina Josephson, Swedish pianist (born 1816) ^[19]

See also

• 1906 in Denmark
• 1906 in Norwegian music
• 1906 in Sweden

References

1. Schepelern, Gerhard (1987). Opera bogen (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 346–351. ISBN   87-00-19464-6.
2. "Symphony no. 3 in E major". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
3. Pentti Paavolainen. "10 - Operetta in the Nordic Countries (1850–1970)". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
4. Burbank, Richard (1984). Twentieth Century Music. New York City, USA: Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY. p. 30. ISBN   0-87196-464-3.
5. "Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875−1959)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
6. "Fosterlandspsalm". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
7. "Category:Grieg, Edvard". ISMLP.
8. "Carl Nielsen: String Quartet No.4 in F Major, Op.44". Editions Silvertrust. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
9. "Category:Nielsen, Carl". ISMLP.
10. ""Böndir skulu kluckara fa" (ur gamla Da-le-la-gens kyrkobalk". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
11. Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög. Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.
12. Gordon Rumson. "Gunnar Johansen: Master Musician". WAC. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
13. Ruth-Esther Hillila, Barbara Blanchard Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Greenwood. p. 333. ISBN   0-313-27728-1.
14. Morten Eide Pedersen. "Klaus Egge". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
15. "AKSEL SCHIØTZ, Tenor". Great Singers of the Past. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
16. "Leo Mathisen". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
17. Karl Ekman (1938). Jean Sibelius: his life and personality. p. 187.
18. "Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
19. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. 1938. p. 1690.